After I became addicted to PES5 I couldn't understand how veteran players of older versions didn't enjoy it as much as I did until a visiting friend, who is a casual PES player (never buys his own games) tried it. He nailed it when I explained to him the new concept.
I said the pitch is separated into zones. Formerly the player and the ball cover one zone but in PES5 the player takes a zone and toggles the ball between 8 zones that surround him. I told him he must aim for the ball zone and avoid the player zone, but that's just for defending against slow dribblers. If he was trying to get to the ball first which means if he is battling to claim a zone that the ball will end up in, or catching up with a running dribbler, then he must press both right shoulder buttons ( I recommend using one finger) when colliding with opponents. R1 is for speed and R2 almost eliminates rough play and ensures legal shoulder barges.
He took a look at me and at the controller and said: That’s too serious! Where's PES4?!:realmad:
Could it be that PES lost its arcade-like charm in Konami’s quest for developing the perfect football simulator? To be fair, all the PES new versions are updates of one game that took 9 years in development and still has a good 5 years until it reaches its climax on the PlayStation3 during this generation of analog joysticks and High Definition TV. They concluded that they can’t simulate football and keep it simple and considering the time it took them to make this conclusion and the quality of their latest addition to the series, I give Konami two thumbs up for going with the first choice.:wub:
I know how y’all feel. I heard Mario Strikers is coming out soon. Why don’t you give it a try?:laugh: